Interviews
Supercritical CO₂ extraction – Cyrille Santerre (ISIPCA)
After emerging in the 1960s and 1970s, supercritical CO2 extraction is now carving an ever-bigger place for itself in the perfumer’s palette.
Natural raw materials
Interviews
Madagascar, a unique testing ground for natural ingredients – Suzy Le Helley (Symrise)
Perfumer Suzy Le Helley (Symrise) tells us the story of the close-knit collaboration with Madagascar small-scale producers and the issues involved.
Interviews
Sustainable development, the engine of innovation – Juliette Karagueuzoglou (IFF)
Juliette Karagueuzoglou, senior perfumer at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), details the different fields of innovation at Laboratoire Monique Rémy (LMR).
Interviews
Renewal and creation of new natural products – Serge Majoullier (Mane)
Reliant as it is on the biodiversity that humankind has explored extensively, the palette of natural ingredients may seem immutable as Serge Majoullier shows us.
News
Jungle Essence technology – more real than nature itself
Whether it’s red seaweed, coconut, coffee bean or everlasting flower, these speciality fragrances produced by Mane are enriching the perfumer’s palette with unprecedented realism.
News
Dreamwood – the woody scent that dreams are made of
Firmenich is launching its fourth ingredient created using their white biotechnology, Dreamwood*. Through the alchemy of various substances science and nature have combined to transform sugar into a sandalwood scent.
